Jan Michał, 6th Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-PietrusiewiczGenealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser XXX, Limburg a. d. Lahn 2008, vol 145, pp. 412–420, , .Who is Who in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 7th edition, Verlag für Personenenzyklopädien AG: Zug 2000, , , .Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 493, ,.First and middle names plus triple barrelled surname with title of nobility cited in Feuß, Axel, "Weryha-Wysoczański, Jan de", Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - Internationale Künstlerdatenbank - Online: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online, edited by Andreas Beyer, Bénédicte Savoy and Wolf Tegethoff, Berlin, Boston: K. G. Saur, 2009. (born 1 October 1950), known as Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, is a Polish sculptor,Encyklopedia polskiej emigracji i Polonii (Encyclopedia of the Polish Emigration and of the Poles Abroad), Toruń 2005, vol V, pp. 234–5, , .Polak w świecie. Leksykon Polonii i Polaków za granicą (The Pole in the World, Encyclopedia of the Polish Living Abroad), Warsaw 2001, p. 336, , . process artistJan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Revelations in Wood – Orońsko 2006, Orońsko: Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Polish Sculpture Centre 2006, p. 6, , . and concrete artist.Daniel Spanke, Strenges Holz. Heiner Szamida, Helga Weihs, Jan de Weryha, Bielefeld 2004, p. 7, , . He was born in Gdańsk. From 1971 to 1976 he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Since 1981, he has been living and working in Hamburg. In 1998, he won the 1st prize, the Prix du Jury, awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the 'Salon de Printemps 98', Luxembourg.Kürschners Handbuch der Bildenden Künstler. Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Munich 2005, vol II, p. 864, . In 1999, he created a monument in memory of the deportees of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising for the memorial to the victims of the Neuengamme Nazi concentration camp at Hamburg,Taz Hamburg, 27 April 1999.Hamburger Abendblatt, 27 April 1999. in 2012 a memorial for the Nazi forced labourers in Hamburg-Bergedorf.Bild, 22 September 2012.Hamburger Morgenpost, 22 September 2012. He was represented by Galerie Kellermann in Düsseldorf. In 2022 de Weryha-Wysoczański was awarded in Vienna the Golden Owl culture award in the category Visual Arts.Beata Dżon-Ozimek, Każda nagroda dowodzi, że spośród bardzo wielu zauważamy jedynie tak niewielu. Zamiast Gali Złotych Sów, Angora-Peryskop, no 16 (17 IV 2022), p. 76. In 2026 he received a Special Recognition by the Jury at the Osten Biennial 2026, Skopje, North Macedonia.Osten Biennial 2026 - Awards Jan de Weryha.
He comes from an old noble family of WalachianGothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 487, , . boyarChevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 1, , . stock and legend has it that his coat of arms is borne by the descendants of Attila the Hun.Kasper Niesiecki, Herbarz Polski, vol IX, Leipzig 1841, pp. 447-9. His only son Rafael is a writer, his uncle Basil was a rich 19th century philanthropist. A son of his aunt AnnaGothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch, Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 498, ,. was composer Yaroslav Yaroslavenko. Another cousin was industrialist, novelist and playwright Bronislas, 3rd Chevalier de Minkowicz-Wysoczański.Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 4, , .
Works in museum collections Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, Poland National Museum, Szczecin, Poland Museum of Contemporary Art, Radom, Poland
Sammlung de Weryha Hamburg is the location of the "Sammlung de Weryha", which is based in the former depository of the palace museum Hamburg-Bergedorf. Most of the collection, composed of works by the artist and supported by a Friends organisation, is permanently being on display in the exhibition rooms.Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 46, , .
Exhibitions (selection) 1978 60th Anniversary of the Greater Poland Uprising in Art, City Gallery BWA Arsenał, Poznań 1989 Autumn Salon, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg 1990 Germany in Montana, Gallery of Visual Arts, Missoula, Montana 1993 Selected Art Work from the Federal Republic of Germany and The United States: A Traveling Exhibition, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana 1998 Spring Salon '98, Luxembourg Artist Center, Municipal Theater, Luxembourg 2004 Strictly Wood. Heiner Szamida, Helga Weihs, Jan de Weryha, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven 2004 Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Wooden Cube from the Wooden Cube Series, Chapel Gallery, Polish Sculpture Center, Orońsko 2005 Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Epiphanies of Nature in the Late-Modern World, Szyb Wilson Gallery, Katowice 2005 Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Wood – Archive, Patio Gallery, Łódź 2006 Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Revelations in Wood – Orońsko 2006, Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Orońsko 2006 XV International Sculpture Triennial – Sensitivity, "Zamek" Culture Center, Poznań 2006 Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Revelations in Wood, City Gallery BWA, Jelenia Góra 2008 Alphabet of the Sculpture DEF..., Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Orońsko 2009 Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański – Tabularium, Gdańsk City Gallery, Gdańsk 2009 XVI International Sculpture Triennial – Crisis of the Genre, "Zamek" Culture Center, Poznań 2010 Wood as Sculpture Material, Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Orońsko 2011 Hamburg Art Week 2011, Chilehaus, Hamburg 2013 NordArt 2013, Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf 2013 PROJECT BERLIN RELOAD, FACTORY-ART GALLERY, Berlin 2015 Alphabet of the Sculpture VWZŹ..., Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, Orońsko 2015 Mailights 2015: Günther Uecker, Otto Piene, Heinz Mack, Jan de Weryha, Manfred Binzer, Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf 2018 Wood Sculpture in the Work of Polish Artists 1918-2018, Władysław Count Zamoyski City Gallery in Zakopane, among others from the collections of the Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, and the State Art Gallery, Sopot 2021 Kunst Schaffen, Robbe & Berking Yachting Heritage Centre, Flensburg, with Klaus Fußmann, Ingo Kühl among others.
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References
Bibliography
Axel Feuß: Weryha-Wysoczański, Jan de, in: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL), vol. 116, Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter 2022, pp. 2-3, , . Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański (ed.): Jan de Weryha: The Monograph, Toruń, Hamburg: Oficyna Wydawnicza Kucharski, Freundeskreis Sammlung de Weryha e.V. 2026, , .
External links
Works by or about Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański in libraries (WorldCat catalogue) Jisc Library Hub Discover Newton Library Catalogue, University of Cambridge Sammlung de Weryha Freundeskreis der Sammlung de Weryha Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański at the Porta Polonica Documentation Centre